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i @uitrit gisten -atrut @Hita Lettere .Patent No. 75,066, dated Mft-rolt 3, 1868.

IM'PRUVED GLOTHES-WRINGER @its ,Stimuli referat tu'` in time @was rtent ma mating gaat rf tir same;

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CON CERN:

Be it known that I, HAMILTON E. SMITH, of NewYork, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Wringer; and I do hereby declare that the'following is a full, clear, :and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in tho art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. p

Figure 1 is n side view ol:` my improved clothes-winger, showing thespring-posts, having adjustmentscrews in their legs, below the squeezing-rollers, which nre connected by intermediate compensating gear.

Figure 2 represents a front view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parte.

This invention'relates to a new and useful improvement-inthe spring-posts of clothes-wringers, and consists in the application tothe legs or lower part of the posts, below'tho squeezing-rollers, of adjusting-screws, whereby the legs `of the posts may be adapted to s taves of various thickness in ordinary wash-tubs, orv di'erentwsized washing-machines, and may be screwed up tight, to hold the wringers firmly when in operation, which is quite necessary t do the werk well, and is not accomplished bythe old plan of having but one-set of'adjustable .t

screws above the squeezing-rollers lin the springfposts.

A' are double-spring posts, made of hickory or other suitable elastic wood, in which are hung'the-vul- I' canizedrubber rollers B B', on axes a a', in the ordinary way. The upper ends ofthe spring-posts are connected, as usual, with adjusting thumb-screws AL r, and the lowerJcnds or legs, e e', arealso provided with adjusting thumb-screws g g', by which they may be spread apart more o1' less, to adapt und'fit them to washing-tubs and strives of different sizes, and screwed up firmly thereupon, to hold the clothes-wringer fast and steady'when in operation. E0n the axis a 0f the lower squeezing-roller B is crank, 6,' as.usual, and a cog-wheel, c, that gears into theinteimediate ci, which gears into another intermediate c2, that engages the cogm'heel c3, on the axis a -of the upper lsq\ 1eezingrol1er B', the intermediate wheels being supported by arms'or streps'd d', which are loosely connected with the axes a a, and aa of the gear e?, together constituting compensating gearing between i the squeezing-rollers, to' allow them to come wide apart in operation, without disengaging the cogs, as in rigid i gearing.

claim this as my invention; but, having described the invlentionof an improvement in the adjustingscrews applied 'to the legs of spring-posts ei' clothcs-wringer's, and the uses and advantage thereof- WhatiI do claim as my invention, and desircto secure by Letters Patent, is-4 The spring-posts A A', fwhcn provided with the adjusting-screws g g in their legs e c', combined with the rollers B B and the eompensatinggearing connecting them, arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

Witnesses:

JOHN C.L HHN-Smm. AND: W. GILn.

, HAMILTON E. SMITH.

I am aware that intermediate compensatinvggenring has been previously employed, and therefore do not f 

